GETTYSBURG, Pa., June 3 (UPI) -- Written protests from Civil War and military historians have halted a Pennsylvania auction house's plan to sell a skull recovered in 1949 from the site of the Battle of Gettysburg.
The remains were donated late Monday and were to go to auction as soon as they were verified. Upon announcing receiving the skull along with other artifacts, Pennsylvania-based Estate Auction Co. recieved a wave of emails and inquiries calling the potential sale tasteless and insensitive.